Rick St. Nick
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What do People in Lufkin Think About Gun Control Issues? [VIDEO]
Every now and then, I try and find a "breaking" video associated with our current affairs, and with gun control one of the hottest topics on the planet today, especially here in "The Lone Star State", the debate rages on whether or not, to revise Constitutional Amendments concerning this matter.
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Diabetes Awareness Workshops Available in Lufkin
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Heavily Funded ‘Texas Cancer Trial Network’ Shrouded in Controversy, Closes Its Doors
The Clinical Trials network of Texas (CTNeT) got a grant worth $25 million in 2010, but it ran out of cash last month, and now the one time facility responsible for delving deeper into the crusade against Cancer, has folded.
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Driving + Texting Debate Heats Up at Texas Capitol
This one may get your blood boiling, since you can see, first hand, the impact of accidents associated with "texting while driving".
My drive to work is barely noticeable at 3.2 miles, yet three stop lights make it advantageous for me to peruse my fellow commuters.
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Former ‘A&M’ Standout + Pro Player Trades “Tough Hits” For “Tough Life”
Nothing like starting a brand new spankin' career after fulfilling a whirlwind dream of playing college football at Texas A&M, before hitting the pro gridiron in the Windy City as a Chicago Bear.
Of course, without plausible intervention, one might find himself lost in the "Real World" of employment , and that appears to be just what happened to yet, another former NFL player.
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NASA Disaster Originated Ten Years Ago Today [VIDEO]
At 7:59 a.m., on the morning of February 1st, 2003, first came the sounds, and then after the news reports and the scattered debris, the realization that East Texas had been engraved in history as one of the sites of the worst disasters in NASA’s history.
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February is Heart Month, Here’s How to Keep it Healthy
We are all guilty of not taking care of our bodies. We'll buy a used car, a fixer-upper home, take a cheap vacation to, oh I don't know, Monroe Louisiana.
But when we're due for that annual check-up, the excuses come a flyin'. Not enough time, and don't have any money top the list.
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Which Texas City is Getting ‘Earthquake’ Weary?
Should you ever have the desire to feel an earthquake, no need to vacation in California, when we have the new earthquake capital of the world right here in East Texas!
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Classic Rock Q107 Remembers ‘Mr. Drummond’ From “Diff’rent Strokes” [VIDEO]
Before he was known as Philip Drummond on the popular television series "Diff'rent Strokes", he played obnoxious neighbor, Dr. Arthur Harmon, on the long running comedy "Maude", starring Bea Arthur, and before that Conrad Bain was virtually unrecognized.
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UPDATE: Texas Execution Halted!
As reported earlier today, Texas was about to execute only the 13th woman since 1976, but it appears now that the Huntsville death chamber will be vacant until April.
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Angelina College Community Services Announces Health Care Classes
One career that will never take a backseat despite economic woes is in the field of Health Care.
With people living longer today than ever before, the need will always be there to take care of the sick, and if you ever thought about an occupational change, Angelina College could have you taking blood pressure, and reading thermometers sooner than you may expect.
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See Baseball Star Brandon Belt in Lufkin on Thursday, January 31
His name says it all, and when he's not on the field "belting" the seams off baseballs for the San Francisco Giants, Brandon Belt can be seen hanging around his roots right here in the Pineywoods.